INDIANAPOLIS - Former UAB star Joe Webb is looking ahead to his third season in the NFL, and Minnesota Vikings coach Leslie Frazier likes his backup quarterback.

"Joe is such a talented guy," Frazier said Friday at the NFL Scouting Combine. "In our league, you need a talented backup player, a backup quarterback. You're just one injury away from having to play with your backup. Joe is an outstanding guy in that role."

In two seasons, Webb has played in 16 games, starting three. He has completed 57.9 percent of his passes for 853 yards and three touchdowns. He has had five passes intercepted. Last season, he backed up Christian Ponder.

What does Frazier like about Webb?

"His athletic ability, his playmaking ability, his leadership qualities, just the energy he brings to the team when he's out there," Frazier said. "He creates a lot of problems for defenses with his escapability."

Webb has run 40 times for 274 yards and four touchdowns in two seasons. Frazier was asked if the Vikings have to tweak their offense when Webb is taking snaps.

"It wasn't so much tweaking. It was trying to do things that allow Joe to do what he does best: get on the perimeter of defenses," Frazier said. "Put him in a position to where when the ball's in his hands, you expect good things to happen. ... Just doing a few things that might be different, but not wholesale changes. He practices the same things that Christian practices during the week."